[1] Darcel, Alfred, "Le moyen âge et la renaissance au Trocadéro, XIV. Les faïences italiennes," GBA, 2d ser., 18 (1878): 977, mentions as exhibited by Gavet at the 1878 Exposition Universelle "une assiette à larges bords representant un Amour offrant une palme à une femme" marked M G [with superscript o's after both letters] and dated 1525, which must be this piece; it does not appear in the 1889 catalogue of the Gavet collection by Emile Molinier, or in the catalogue of the Gavet sale in Paris, 31 May-9 June 1897, so it had presumably been sold previously.

[2] Catalogue of the Italian majolica...of Herr Richard Zchille (London, 1899), no. 92, repro., as Gubbio, workshop of Maestro Giorgio. The name of the purchaser at the Zschille sale is given in the marked catalogue in the archive of Christie's as "Müller."

Technical Summary

The shallow plate, which has warped slightly in the kiln, is of earthenware, covered front and back with a white tin glaze which is slightly pockmarked on the front and heavily so on the back. The edge is molded into ridges front and back. The painting is in blue, green, near black, yellow, orange brown, and white (the drawing being in blue), with golden-brown and red luster. Only one kiln-spur mark is visible on the front (near the head of Cupid). The inner and outer edges of the rim are somewhat chipped.